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A decade ago the USS San Francisco (submarine) drove full speed into a seamount (underwater mountain). One person died, almost everyone else was injured, and th
by nommm-nommm 10y ago
A decade ago the USS San Francisco (submarine) drove full speed into a seamount (underwater mountain). One person died, almost everyone else was injured, and the entire front was ripped off but she did not sink.
The cause was a blind over-reliance on a single chart which did not show any navigation hazards in the area. Other charts available to the crew had indications of the presence of a seamount.